Controlled blast fells bridge over Mississippi River. The 86-year-old Savanna-Sabula Bridge, a steel truss bridge that spanned the Mississippi River on the Illinois-Iowa border, was demolished late last week. The Savanna-Sabula, which connected Savanna, Illinois, with the small island town of Sabula, Iowa, was demolished around 10:30 am local time Friday
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Video – Savanna – Sabula bridge blasted…
Video – A blast 10 years in the making…
Controlled implosion finally demolishes tallest building in Kentucky capital. The 28 storey Capital Plaza Office Tower in Frankfort, Kentucky disappeared yesterday into a cloud of dust. Capital Plaza Office Tower opened in 1972 and closed in 2016, and was the tallest building in Frankfort. It was imploded to make way for a new 385,500-square-foot, 1,500…Read moreRead more
Video – Cougar Town…
University of Houston says fond farewell. For almost 70 years, the Quadrangle at the University of Houston was home for generations of Cougars. In 2018, demolition began to make way for new residence halls. New student housing with approximately 1,200 beds is expected to replace the Quad in fall 2018.
Video – Nanticoke no more…
Controlled blast fells Lake Erie landmark. In a matter of seconds, chimney towers which had stood tall over the Lake Erie shoreline for decades were taken down. The Nanticoke Generating Station is a decommissioned coal plant located on the shore of Lake Erie near the community of Nanticoke, about 20 kilometres east of Port Dover.
Video – Worker fined over site crush incident…
WARNING – This video contains graphic images. An employee of a skip firm has been sentenced after causing serious injury to a pedestrian. Southwark Crown Court was shown CCTV footage of the incident which took place on 2 August 2017. The footage showed Mr Daividas Rupeika driving into another excavator at the site in Wimbledon,…Read moreRead more
Video – Bridge gets busted…
Armac Group does what Armac Group does best. Birmingham-based Armac Group has a formidable reputation for its bridge demolition capabilities. It is not for nothing that the company goes by the nickname, The Bridge Busters. And the company has reinforced that reputation with an overnight possession and demolition of the old A1 bridge between Brampton…Read moreRead more
Video – The drone as banksman…
How AMPCO is using a drone to provide a new perspective. Drones are not unusual on demolition sites. They’re widely used to carry our surveys of inaccessible parts of the site or a specific structure. They’re employed to provide clients with a greater understanding of the specific challenges facing the demolition crew. And they’re used…Read moreRead more
Video – Amateurs at work…
Stand well back; this is NOT going to end well. YouTube, it seems, is filled to the rafters with video footage of demolition being done poorly, unprofessionally or unsafely. Doe that mean that the watching world has a morbid fascination with demolition going awry; or is this merely a sad indictment of the sheer volume…Read moreRead more
Video – And now, the end is near…
Liberty Industrial delivers another massive blow at Munmorrah Power Station. The final boiler and coal hopper structures at Munmorah Power Station have been demolished using controlled explosive demolition techniques. The boilers are the largest demolished in New South Wales so far. Weighing in at 32,200 tonnes and 60 metres in height the combined boilers and…Read moreRead more
Video – Kembla comes down…
Liberty Industrial takes down massive reclaimer at Aussie coal terminal. Australian demolition giant Liberty Industrial has carried out the demolition of a Reclaimer and a Stacker at Port Kembla Coal Terminal. The Reclaimer was removed from the stockyard over a bridge and transported to a dedicated demolition area for demolition and disposal. Once the structure…Read moreRead more
